Unable to move issues from Team managed to company managed project using Bulk operation
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Summary
Unable to move issues from Team managed to company managed project using Bulk operation.
Environment
Jira Cloud
Diagnosis
The below error is encountered while Bulk moving issues from Team Managed to Company Managed project
Unable to move issues The selected project has too many fields. To move issues to this project, select a max number of <xxx> issues, remove any unused fields from your selected project, and try again. |
Cause
The scope of custom field created for Team managed project is within that project and thus while moving the issues from Team managed to Company managed using Bulk Move operation you encounter error.
Solution
Create custom field at Global level instead of Team managed project scope
Go to Settings (cog icon)
Select Issues
Select Custom fields
Select Contexts for the field
Go to Create, edit or delete contexts
Select Edit context
Select the radio button for Global context
Use this Custom field in Team managed project instead of the field created on Team managed project.
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